In addition to the Office of Personnel Management's systems, the court allowed DOGE to have continued access to those maintained by the departments of Treasury and Education. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a lower court’s injunction that initially blocked DOGE’s access.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a group of veterans and labor unions were not entitled to a preliminary injunction that would have blocked DOGE access to their sensitive personal records.

A panel of appellate judges ruled that a group of unions and membership organizations likely lacked standing as they failed to demonstrate that any injury had occurred.